美語(yǔ)三級(jí)跳: 021C 遠(yuǎn)足旅行高級(jí)課程

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Professor: Daphne took Roger on a camping trip, but Roger had a terrible time because he is from the city and isn't used to being in nature.

MC: 沒(méi)錯(cuò)，Roger還說(shuō)，Daphne讓他在野營(yíng)時(shí)受罪，他一定要報(bào)這個(gè)仇。

Professor: Right. So today, he is taking Daphne to a car race.

MC: A car race? 賽車(chē)？賽車(chē)很精彩啊! 這算什么報(bào)仇？

Daphne: Roger, do you really find car races fun to go to? It's incredibly boring just watching the cars go around and around the track, and I can hardly breathe because of all the smoke and fumes!

Roger: You aren't having fun? Daphne, car racing is the most popular sport in America.

Daphne: I hate cars. They make so much pollution, which is creating holes in the ozone layer. And the environmental problems are only getting worse with global warming!

Roger: Daphne, cars are a part of American culture. Americans have always relied on cars instead of making do with public transportation.

哈，看來(lái)Daphne非常討厭賽車(chē)，就像Roger討厭露營(yíng)一樣!

Professor: Right. Why doesn't Daphne like cars?

她說(shuō)，汽車(chē)污染環(huán)境，傷害ozone layer - 臭氧層。不過(guò)Roger說(shuō)， Americans don't make do with public transportation，這是什么意思呢？

Professor: When you "make do" with something, that means you accept it reluctantly.

哦，make do with something，就是勉強(qiáng)接受某事。

Professor: Right. For example, "I really wanted to see the new horror movie that just came out. But because it was sold out, I had to make do with another movie, which wasn't very good."

Daphne: Roger, It's often difficult to see how your lifestyle impacts the world. But we need to prevent pollution by driving cars less and investing in renewable energy.

Roger: Why do you like the environment so much? It's full of mosquitoes that want to bite you, and bears that want to eat you!

Daphne: If you're not nice to nature, nature won't be nice to you. If the polar ice caps melt, ocean levels will rise and flood the coastal cities.

Roger: Oh Daphne, that isn't going to happen. You watch too
many movies.

我真想知道Daphne和Roger是怎么成朋友的，這倆人的看法相差十萬(wàn)八千里! Daphne說(shuō)，人們應(yīng)該盡量少開(kāi)車(chē)，而且應(yīng)該開(kāi)發(fā)renewable energy--可再生能源。

Professor: Right. But what does Roger say?

Roger卻覺(jué)得，什么極地冰冠融化，海水淹沒(méi)城市都是嚇唬人的。他說(shuō)，這些事情根本不會(huì)發(fā)生，Daphne是電影看多了，瞎操心。

Daphne: Roger, most scientists agree that global warming is real, and evidence shows that the polar ice caps have been melting.

Roger: Well what do you want me to do about it? I'm just one person. What can I do to make a difference?

Daphne: Well to start, you could buy more energy-efficient appliances. You could also think about buying an electric or hybrid car.

Roger: But I don't have the money for all that!

Daphne說(shuō)，Roger應(yīng)該從我做起，保護(hù)環(huán)境，所以要買(mǎi)more energy-efficient appliances--能源利用率更高的電器。Professor Bowman, Daphne的話使我想到，我應(yīng)該把電腦關(guān)了，不寫(xiě)作業(yè)了，這樣也可以為環(huán)保出力啊!

Professor: Nice try, Winnie!

Roger: Alright, Daphne. You've convinced me I need to do more for the environment. I'm going to stop washing my clothes in the laundry machine to save electricity, and stop taking showers to save water.

Daphne: What? Roger, there's no need to go crazy, you know.

Roger: But Daphne, I have to do my part to save the environment! I'm going to "recycle" my dirty socks and wear them over and over again.

Daphne: Roger, in that case the disgusting gasses given off by your body are going to make a bigger hole in the ozone layer than all the cars in the world combined!

哈哈，Roger說(shuō)，為了節(jié)約能源，他決定不洗衣服，不洗澡了，而且要 recycle his dirty socks--把臟襪子一穿再穿!

Professor: Sounds like a good plan! It's nice that he is doing his part.

??？您別開(kāi)玩笑了! 如果Roger真這么做，只會(huì)更加污染環(huán)境! 就像Daphne說(shuō)的那樣，Roger身上發(fā)出的臭氣會(huì)讓臭氧層空洞變大的!

這次的美語(yǔ)三級(jí)跳就播送到這里。